Adams Co., Indiana Directory

Adams Co., Indiana Directory - 1916

Abbreviations

a, means acres; bds, boards; B tel, Bell Telephone; 4 ch, 4 children; H&L, house and lot; O, owns; R1, Rural Route No. 1; ret, retired; T, tenant; 4h, 4 horses; 2c, 2 cattle; Bl Cr 9, Blue Creek Township Road No. 9.

The abbreviations used for the Townships of Adams County are as follows -- Blue Creek, Bl. Cr.; French, Fre.; Hartford, Hart.; Jefferson, Jef.; Kirkland, Kirk.; Monroe, Mon.; Preble, Preb.; Root, Root.; St. Mary's, St. Mr.; Union, Un.; Wabash, Wab.; Washington, Wash.; Wayne, Way. (ed. note - there is no Wayne Township in Adams Co., Indiana.)

Names in CAPITALS are those of Farm Journal subscribers--always the most intelligent and progressive people in any county. No Tumbledowns, for no farmer can keep on reading the F. J. and being a Tumbledown , too. Many have tried, but all have to quit one or the other.

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